White Belt Requirements

White belts are usually provided at the discretion of the head instructor.  They will work with students as soon as they join so that they can learn how to: tie their belt, take an opponent down, submissions, physical exercises, and passes in order to begin earning stripes on their white belts.

Blue Belt Requirements

On average, 10 to 14 months of training with a minimum of 100 to 120 classes plus passing the following test. Belt promotions are always at the discretion of the head instructor. Factors such as above-average class attendance, natural ability, or competing could possibly shorten the time to blue belt, while a poor attitude, bad temper, or a lack of common morality outside the school could lengthen it.

Throws and Takedowns

• One leg throw
• Two hip throws
• Two double legs
• One single leg

Self-Defense

• One way to defend the guillotine standing up
• One way to defend the headlock standing
• One way to defend the headlock on the ground
• One defense to a slap/punch

Passing the Guard

• Three different ways to pass the guard and get side control
• Half-Guard
• One sweep from the half-guard
• One half-guard pass

Sweeps from the Guard

• Three different ways to sweep your opponent from closed guard
• Three different ways to sweep your opponent from open guard with opponent standing
• Two different ways to sweep your opponent with on one or both knees

Escapes

• Three ways to escape the mount
• Two ways to escape from side control
• One way to escape the rear-mount
• One way to escape the knee-on-belly

Submissions

• Three from the mount
• One double attack
• Three from the side-mount
• Two from the back
• Two from knee in the belly
• Four from the guard

Submission Defense

• Escape from mounted armbar
• Escape from guard armbar
• One escape from guard cross choke
• One escape from straight ankle lock
• One way to escape triangle choke

Physical Conditioning

• Able to run, jumping jacks, squats, sit-ups, push-ups
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu exercises such as forward and backward rolling, crocodile walk, hip escape
• Stretching
• Multiple rounds of live rolling

Purple Belt Requirements

On average, 3 years of training with a minimum of 360 classes plus passing the following test. Belt promotions are always at the discretion of the head instructor. Factors such as above-average class attendance, natural ability, or competing could possibly shortened the time to purple belt, while a poor attitude, bad temper, or a lack of common morality outside the school could lengthen it.

Throws and Takedowns

• One leg throw
• Four hip throws
• Two double legs
• Two single leg

Self-Defense

• Two ways to defend the guillotine standing up
• Two ways to defend the headlock standing
• One way to defend the headlock on the ground
• One way to defend the guillotine on the ground

Sweeps from the Guard

Three different ways to sweep your opponent

Escapes

• Two ways to escape the mount
• One way to escape the side-mount
• One way to escape the rear-mount
• One way to escape the knee-on-belly

Passing the Guard

Five different ways to pass the guard and get side control

Half-Guard

• Two sweeps from the half-guard
• Two half-guard passes

Submissions

• Five from the mount
• Two double attacks
• Three from the side-mount
• Two from the back
• Two from knee in the belly
• Five from the guard